Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 13.29 of the Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha-Dipika), the English translation of 13th-century Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita.—The Dnyaneshwari (Jnaneshwari) brings to light the deeper meaning of the Gita which represents the essence of the Vedic Religion. This is verse 29 of the chapter called Kshetra and Kshetrajna Yoga.
Verse 13.29
Verse 13.29: That the (various) acts which are being accomplished, are in everywise accomplished by the ‘Prakriti’; who so perceives this, and also perceives the self as really non-agent; he truly perceives. (1080)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
He truly perceives, who realises that the various actions are all performed by Prakriti, through the agency of the mind, intellect and the organs of actions. (It is) the occupants of a house, that move about in the house, the house itself doing nothing; (so also) the clouds run about in the sky, while the sky itself remains inactive. In that way Prakriti, enlightened by the soul and with the help of the Gunas, plays all these games, the soul remaining firm like a pillar, in no way knowing the games played by Prakriti. One, in whom there has arisen the Light of Knowledge of these decisions, has truly perceived the theory of the soul being the non-agent (know it).